Why Hong Kong is Both Awesome and Not Awesome

I haven't really written about how the 12 hour time difference affects my life, mainly because it doesn't. See, there's this thing called the internet that lets me keep in contact with friends and family, watch TV, and read the news. There is one thing that's missing from my life right now, however, and that's sports.

As many of you know, I'm a die-hard Phillies fan. Last year, I was lucky enough to get to go to Game 5 of the World Series a.k.a. The Day The Phillies Won The World Series a.k.a. the happiest day of my life (no, seriously). Well, the Phillies made the playoffs! YEeeeahHHH!

The bad news? Since I've come to Hong Kong, I've hardly been able to watch them. See, when the Phillies play a 7:05 PM game, it comes on the next morning at 7:05 Am in Hong Kong. I'm either sleeping or at work. One of my favorite things about baseball is following a team for 162 games and really getting to know the players: their habits, their mannerisms, all of their quirks, etc. In the last 2 months, I feel like I've fallen out of touch with the Phillies. They're back in the post-season, and even though I went to about 10 games while I was home and I've been checking the box scores and reading the blogs, I don't feel the same connection to this team that I did last year. Missing the last two months of the season really took its toll.

The good news? I can watch today's game against the Rockies BECAUSE I'm in Hong Kong. Allow me to explain. Game 1 of the NLDS Phillies-Rockies starts at 2:37 PM EST. If I were in America, I'd be at work in an office, refreshing ESPN.com 40 times a minute because I couldn't think of a good excuse to get flash installed on my computer so I could watch/listen to the game. In Hong Kong, the game comes on at 2:37 AM. That means that all I had to do was go to sleep at 7 PM last night so I could wake up at 2:30 and turn on the game! Did I do it? You bet your balls I did it. And I'm doing it again tonight for game 2. Go Phillies!

Byeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee